Pandora's Box and Why is Jack The Ripper Here?

Film: Die Buchse Der Pandora (Pandora's Box)
Year: 1929
Where I saw it: Netflix

This film was great!  Little bit love story, little bit femme fatal story and all mixed in the setting of the Roaring Twenties.  I was surprised at some of the content of this film.  I had always assumed older films were held to more rigorous censorship and therefore could tackle topics which were considered "blue".  The main character is a prostitute and the film follows her exploits.  Now, the next question is, "Do we get to see boobs?"  Nope, but you do see her many clients and how they all fall for her and MUST have her to themselves.

Another controversial point (for the time) in this film is the fact that one of her admires is a lesbian.  And at one point they even (gasp) dance together.  The question of boobs is probably coming up again and I have to say no.

So the prostitute eventually marries one of her admirers and right after (and I MEAN right after) the groom realizes this may have not been the best idea and he shoots himself.  The police think she killed him and the second half of the film is how she lives on the streets and keeps ahead of the law.

And here's where things get weird.  This film takes place in the Twenties but for the last scene the film takes place in the late 1800's.  "Oh, do you mean a prequel of sorts?"  Nope.  No prequel, no dream sequence, no Doc showing up in a Delorean.  Just for some reason we are now in the late 1800's.  And who does she meet?  Jack The Ripper.  Spoiler Alert:  she dies.

One Last Point - If you want to see some boobs, go to a Strip Joint, but do not marry her.

Thanks for reading! - Scott Scene